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Gadamer's ethics of play : hermeneutics and the other / Monica Vilhauer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vilhauer, Monica.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hermeneutics.
- Play (Philosophy).
- Other (Philosophy).
- Ethics.
- Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002. Wahrheit und Methode.
- Gadamer, Hans-Georg.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Gadamer's Ethics of Play examines the ethical dimensions of understanding by focusing on the concept of dialogical 'play' in Hans-Georg Gadamer's Truth and Method. The book is accessible to an undergraduate audience, while also being relevant to ongoing debates among Gadamer scholars.
- Contents:
- Facing the inadequate model of modern science
- Introducing the key of play
- Understanding art : the play of work and spectator
- Understanding tradition : full shift to understanding in the human sciences
- The ethical conditions of dialogic play : between I and thou
- Genuine play in action : the model of the philosopher
- The value of play : transition to play as a guide to life
- Play and practical philosophy : play as a guide to life
- The problem of closedness
- Cultivating an opening to dialogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-08462-7
- 9786613084620
- 0-7391-3916-9
- OCLC:
- 719383011
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